Cuff-button



E. B. STUART.

CUFF BUTTON. 7 APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1919.

Patented Mar. 30,1920,

r s ra rns rar'r TQEQ EDWARDS B. STUART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-BUTTON.

Application filed July 7, 191%.

new and useful Improvements in Cuff- Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide a cuff button of improved construction whereby it is adapted to be secured to the cuff against accidental displacement; to provide an improved form and arrangement of fastening means, adapted to secure the cuif button in the button-holes of said cuff; and to provide a cuff button which is of simple and inexpensive construction and which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from the cuii.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aplan of the strip of metal from which the cufi' button is formed.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved cuff button after being formed.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 4: is a section taken on the line 4& of Fig. 3.

Figs. 5 and 6 are opposite end views respectively.

In the construction shown in the drawings, the improved cuff button comprises a strip of metal 1 bent to a substantially U-shaped form, comprising a middle or body part 2 and side parts 4.

The strip 1 is preferably a narrow piece of spring metal of substantially uniform cross section throughout its length. Two pairs of transversely disposed slits 5 are cut in the strip 1 and extend inwardly from one edge of said strip to substantially the longitudinal axis thereof. The pairs of slits are disposed on respectively opposite sides of the middle of said strip and are substantially equidistant therefrom. The part of the strip which is located between the slits of each pair is struck out at substantially right angles to the member 1, so as to form a pair of lugs or cal-s6, the purpose of which will more fully hereinafter appear.

In forming the and button the doubledover portion of the middle part is made substantially circular, and the lower or inner portions are arched inwardly toward each other so that at the points where the side Specification .of Lettcrs Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Serial No. 308,942.

part 4: are bent back, said inner portions are nearly parallel to each other and to the longitudinal dimension of the body part 2. The side parts a are spaced away from the adjacent portions of the body part, and the inner portions of said side parts are arched so as to be disposed practically parallel with the inner portions of the body part 2. The outer portions of the side parts are disposed lVhen the strip has been shaped and bent as indicated, the lugs 6 are-disposed on diametrically opposite sides of the doubled-over portion of the body part 2, and the resiliency of the parts 4 causes them to normally abut against the lugs 6.

The parts 4, being disposed in spaced relation to the yoke 2, provide seats 7 between the part 2 and the corresponding side parts 4; for receiving the lateral open edges of a curl (not shown). The curvature of the arched portions of the parts 2 and 4: is made to substantially conform to the shape of the sides of the cuff when fastened together at the button-holes. The lugs 6 are of a size suitable to be inserted through the button-holes of the fabric, and the distance between the lugs 6 and the ends of the seats 7 is substantially equal to the distance between the open edges of the cufi and the button-holes. The improved cuff-button is preferably plated with gold or silver, and

the free ends of the parts 4: are embellished in ornamental designs or engraved with the initials of the wearer, or they may have ornaments of various kinds attached thereto.

To attach the improved cuff button to a shirt, the free ends of the parts 4%. are urged outwardly out of contact with the respective lugs 6 so as to permit the insertion of the open edges of the cuff into the seats "7.

When the lugs 6 have become seated in the button-holes, the outer open edges of the cuff will abut against the closed ends of the seats 7. When the cuif button is in place on a cuff, the free ends of the parts l are normally urged by their own resiliency against the outer edges of the respective lugs so as to secure the edges of the cuff against accidental disengagement from the lugs.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the body part 2.

from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

- I claim:

1. A cuff button, comprising a body part and laterally disposed side parts extending along each side thereof, said side parts be ing secured to said body part at one of their respective ends and normally urged toward said body part at their opposite ends, and lugs on certain of said parts extending transversely therefrom and normally abutting against the opposed part whereby said cuff button is attached to the cuff by having said lugs extend through openings in the cuff and secured against displacement by the abutting of said lugs and parts.

2. A cuff button, comprising a body part and laterally disposed side parts extending along each side thereof, said side parts being secured to said body part at one of their respective ends and normally urged toward said body part at their opposite ends, and lugs formed on said body part and extending transversely outward. into position to have the respective side parts normally abut against the same, whereby the cuff ends are removably clamped between the body part and respective side parts with said lugs extending through the button holes in the cuff ends.

3. A cuff button, comprising a piece of spring metal bent substantially to a U- shaped form having a middle or body part and two side parts, the doubled over portion of said middle or body part being substantially circular and having the remaining portions arched toward each other, said side parts being spaced away from said middle or body part, lugs struck out from said middle or body part at diametrically opposite points and extending transversely outward into position to normally have said side members abut against said lugs, whereby the cuff ends are removably clamped between the body part and respective side parts with said lugs extending through the button holes in the cuff ends.

4. A cuff button, comprising a piece of spring metal bent substantially to a U- shaped form having a middle or body part and two side parts, the doubled-over portion ofsaid middle or body part being substantially circular and having the remaining portions arched toward each other, said side parts being spaced away from said middle- "or body part, and having the inner portions arched so as to be disposed substantially parallel to the arched portions of said middle or body part and having the outer portions extending parallel to each other and parallel with the longitudinal dimension of said middle or body part, lugs struck out from said middle or body part at diametrically opposite points and extending transversely outward into position to normally have said side members abut against said lugs, whereby the cuff ends are removably clamped between the body part and respective side parts with said lugs extending through the button holes in the cuff ends.

Signed at Chicago this 3rd day ofJuly,

EDWARDS B. STUART. 

